INDIA

Punjab CM not allowed to visit to Lakhimpur Kheri  
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A spokesperson for the Chief Minister said the UP's Home Secretary has informed Punjab's Director, Civil Aviation of the denial of permission in response to his letter seeking permission for landing and taking off of Chief Minister's chopper at Lakhimpur Kheri.
Who is to blame for death of 9 people in Lakhimpur Kheri violence? Here's what the two sides are saying
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Lakhimpur Kheri reportedly turned into a battlefield after the protesting farmers clashed with the BJP workers who were on their way to receive deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya who was supposed to visit that area on Sunday. A day after violence in UP', an agreement was reached between farmers and the administration with the latter their demands.
'Lakhs have taken the exam': SC junks plea for scrapping NEET-UG  
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A bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.R. Gavai termed the petition frivolous. Querying counsel for the petitioner, the bench said: "What kind of writs are being filed? Lakhs of people have taken these exams."
'What is protest for if farm laws stayed?': SC to decide if right to protest absolute  
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It also queried a farmers' body, when the top court has already stayed the three farm laws, why there is protest against the legislation? A bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar and C.T. Ravikumar observed where is the question of going on protest once a party has already moved the court challenging the validity of the laws.
Pandora Papers: Anil Ambani, Kiran Majumdar Shaw, Sachin Tendulkar among 300 Indians named
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Moreover, these offshore companies are mostly based in Panama, Monaco, Dubai, Switzerland and Cayman Islands. Several years ago, a similar leak, called the Panama Papers was uncovered and made public which also shed light on various wealthy individuals around the world and their offshore assets.
Akhilesh, Ram Gopal, Shivpal released in Lucknow  
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The leaders were taken into custody on Monday morning while they were on their way to Lakhimpur Kheri to meet the families of those who died in Sunday's violence. Akhilesh has returned to his residence.
Mumbai Airport Terminal 1 to reopen from Oct 20  
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Initially, it will cater to around domestic 156 flights daily, while 396 domestic and international services shall be handled by Terminal 2. After a brief resumption in March this year, the operations on T1 were suspended and all operations continued from T2 in the wake of the second wave.
Mamata Banerjee breaks many records with Bhabanipur victory
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Banerjee defeated her BJP rival Priyanka Tibrewal by a margin of 58,835 votes. Of the total 1,16,75 polled votes, she secured 85,263 votes, Tibrewal 26,426 and CPI-M's Shreejib Biswas only got 4,226 votes. Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, who won from this seat in the Assembly polls earlier this year but resigned to make way for Banerjee.
SC notice to farmer leaders, groups on plea against road blocks  
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The Haryana government had filed an application to implead the farmer leaders and groups as additional respondents in a plea filed by a Noida resident against the road blockade by farmer groups. A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and M.M. Sundresh issued notice on Haryana's application on adding new respondents to the matter.
Sachin Tendulkar named in Pandora Papers  
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The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) said people linked by the secret documents to offshore assets also include pop music diva Shakira, supermodel Claudia Schiffer and an Italian mobster known as "Lell the Fat One", besides Tendulkar. Tendulkar's attorney said the cricket player's investment is legitimate and has been declared to tax authorities.
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